Podcasts about tracery

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Poetry “carr[ies] the most human of voices” for Deema Shehabi, a Palestinian-American writer whose work has appeared in publications including The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology and Kenyon Review. Shehabi earned her undergraduate degree in History and International Relations from Tufts University and Master's in Journalism from Boston University, previously served as the vice president of the Radius of Arab American Writers, and has received four Pushcart prize nominations. She is the author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon and Diaspo/Renga, the latter of which she co-wrote with Marilyn Hacker. In this episode, Shehabi shares how Diaspo/Renga emerged out of four years of email correspondence with Hacker. Together, we celebrate the collection as a testament to the “private humanity” between its two poets. Shehabi also speaks to the homes she's found in Palestine, Kuwait, and California and the “perpetual expansion and contraction” that accompanies exile and return in her life. In negotiating this state of flux in her relationship with language, Shehabi talks about the burden of translation and always having to “teach people how to read” when she writes. Finally, Shehabi gifts us a striking reading of her poem, “Tracery of Dune and Chamomile,” which is modeled after Marie Howe and gazes upon the truth of humanity and intersections.Honorable MentionsRadius of Arab American Writers Diaspo/RengaEdward Said, “Reflections on Exile”Naomi Shihab Nye“Migrant Earth”, featured as Poem-a-Day on Poets.org Audio by Bloomsday Literary in partnership with the official 2023 AWP Conference & Bookfair Photo credit: Omar F. Khorsheed

Pemba, a coral reef off the coast of Zimbabwe, is home to many boronias. To tourists, these fish are an important part of the reef ecosystem. But to conservationists, these fish are a symbol of dysfunction. Why? Because the boronias grazing on the coral are eating away at the reef's carbon hump, a crucial part of the coral reef ecosystem.

Blessed to have the young God Vinoj S. on to discuss the importance of artistic expression and how to cultivate a balanced ego. The following description is mostly borrowed from his YouTube Channel: With his new album, Roots in Fear and Love, his style is constantly evolving and he enjoys twisting the way everyday life is perceived with simple yet profound imagery. His newfound approach to fuse musical elements from hip-hop and his South Asian background with poetic raps creates an experience that cannot be found elsewhere. His passion to tap into his full potential and to connect souls one song at a time keeps him motivated. Poetry and music have become a way to channel the purest and most honest form of himself from the most silenced part of his mind, hence the creation of his stage name, Voice of Silence. Voice of Silence has performed at countless events, including UNITY Charity's yearly showcases for five years and the third annual R.I.S.E. Edutainment ‘416RISE' showcase. He is seven-times published in various Canadian poetry collections, including Island Magic and The Tracery of Trees, and he has released his debut poetry/hip-hop album, Befriending Silence, in April 2017, showcasing the versatility and breadth of poetry and music he can offer. Vinoj also received the R.I.S.E. Edutainment Community Development Award in 2016 for his integration and support of the community through his music. He was part of the Scarborough Arts EAST Mixtape Challenge program in 2018, which allowed him to further develop his hip-hop craft through a collaborative mixtape titled Time Waits for No One. Wrekonize- Separate Yourself (skit) Spotify YouTube Join The Wreking Crew: Patreon Voice of Silence Links: https://www.voiceofsilencemusic.com/ YouTube Channel Apple Music Spotify TIDAL Instagram ¡MAYDAY! Links: https://www.maydayonline.com/home YouTube Channel Apple Music Spotify TIDAL Twitter Instagram Balancing Act Links: LinkTree The Balancing Act on YouTube OurStory Playlist (YouTube) Abbreviated Episodes Playlist (YouTube) Clips Playlist (YouTube) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebalancingact47/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebalancingact47/support

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Mundane Magic, published by Eliezer Yudkowsky on the LessWrong. As you may recall from some months earlier, I think that part of the rationalist ethos is binding yourself emotionally to an absolutely lawful reductionistic universe—a universe containing no ontologically basic mental things such as souls or magic—and pouring all your hope and all your care into that merely real universe and its possibilities, without disappointment. There's an old trick for combating dukkha where you make a list of things you're grateful for, like a roof over your head. So why not make a list of abilities you have that would be amazingly cool if they were magic, or if only a few chosen individuals had them? For example, suppose that instead of one eye, you possessed a magical second eye embedded in your forehead. And this second eye enabled you to see into the third dimension—so that you could somehow tell how far away things were—where an ordinary eye would see only a two-dimensional shadow of the true world. Only the possessors of this ability can accurately aim the legendary distance-weapons that kill at ranges far beyond a sword, or use to their fullest potential the shells of ultrafast machinery called "cars". "Binocular vision" would be too light a term for this ability. We'll only appreciate it once it has a properly impressive name, like Mystic Eyes of Depth Perception. So here's a list of some of my favorite magical powers: Vibratory Telepathy. By transmitting invisible vibrations through the very air itself, two users of this ability can share thoughts. As a result, Vibratory Telepaths can form emotional bonds much deeper than those possible to other primates. Psychometric Tracery. By tracing small fine lines on a surface, the Psychometric Tracer can leave impressions of emotions, history, knowledge, even the structure of other spells. This is a higher level than Vibratory Telepathy as a Psychometric Tracer can share the thoughts of long-dead Tracers who lived thousands of years earlier. By reading one Tracery and inscribing another simultaneously, Tracers can duplicate Tracings; and these replicated Tracings can even contain the detailed pattern of other spells and magics. Thus, the Tracers wield almost unimaginable power as magicians; but Tracers can get in trouble trying to use complicated Traceries that they could not have Traced themselves. Multidimensional Kinesis. With simple, almost unthinking acts of will, the Kinetics can cause extraordinarily complex forces to flow through small tentacles and into any physical object within touching range—not just pushes, but combinations of pushes at many points that can effectively apply torques and twists. The Kinetic ability is far subtler than it first appears: they use it not only to wield existing objects with martial precision, but also to apply forces that sculpt objects into forms more suitable for Kinetic wielding. They even create tools that extend the power of their Kinesis and enable them to sculpt ever-finer and ever-more-complicated tools, a positive feedback loop fully as impressive as it sounds. The Eye. The user of this ability can perceive infinitesimal traveling twists in the Force that binds matter—tiny vibrations, akin to the life-giving power of the Sun that falls on leaves, but far more subtle. A bearer of the Eye can sense objects far beyond the range of touch using the tiny disturbances they make in the Force. Mountains many days travel away can be known to them as if within arm's reach. According to the bearers of the Eye, when night falls and sunlight fails, they can sense huge fusion fires burning at unthinkable distances—though no one else has any way of verifying this. Possession of a single Eye is said to make the bearer equivalent to royalty. And finally, The Ultimate Power. The user of this abilit...

Evil Games Club is back! Dale, Adia, and Dylan are here to correct the score and give their take on past Nice Games Club topics, including "Writing For Games," "Reravel," and "Video Game Nostalgia." They're at it again—being evil, that is!Felix Drags Dale Through The Marvel Universe (a podcast) Dylan thwarted Dale's attempts at taking publicity photos. Writing for Games 0:10:00 Adia AldersonGame DesignNarrativeThe Interactive Fiction CompetitionNaNoRenO on ItchThe Outer Worlds has some unusual (and awesome) character-building options - Patricia Hernandez, PolygonThe Outer Worlds Will Rattle Your Idea Of A Perfect Planet - Gita Jackson, KotakuBreaking Bongo - RadiolabMGSV - Quiet/Ocelot model swap - Rain scene - Tactical Modding Operations, YouTubeHeaven's Vault Reravel 0:35:40 Dale LaCroixIRLTabletop Early iterations of this game started on a recent Nice Games Jam! Reravel: A Backwards Storytelling GameThe YawhgMicroscopeTracery, a generative tool by Galaxy Kate. Video Game Nostalgia 1:01:15 Dylan SkerbitzGamingSimCity - WikipediaCap'n Crunch's Crunching Adventure - Giant BombSpot: The Video Game (featuring the 7Up mascot of the time, Spot) - WikipediaGlider (originally for classic Apple computers) - WikipediaSkiFree - Giant BombRuneScape - Giant BombCommander Keen - Giant BombAldo's Adventures gameplay (PC Game, 1987) - Squakenet, YouTubeJill of the Jungle - WikipediaJazz Jackrabbit - WikipediaThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Giant BombHalo: Reach Launches On PC, Becomes Third Most Played Game On Steam - EThan Gach, KotakuGolden Sun - Giant BombRed Vs. Blue - Rooster Teeth

Uh oh… they’re back… it’s EVIL GAMES CLUB! +!+!+!+!+ NICE TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED +!+!+!+!+ Evil Games Club is back! Dale, Adia and Dylan are here to correct the score and give their take on past Nice Games Club topics including Writing For Games, Re-ravel and Video Game Nostalgia. They’re at it again, being evil, that is! Felix Drags Dale Through The Marvel Universe podcast Dylan thwarted Dale's attempts at taking publicity photos   Writing For Games 00:10:0 Adia Alderson Category Game Design Narrative The Interactive Fiction Competition NaNoRenO on Itch "The Outer Worlds has some unusual (and awesome) character-building options" - Patricia Hernandez , Polygon "The Outer Worlds Will Rattle Your Idea Of A Perfect Planet" - Gita Jackson , Kotaku "Breaking Bongo" Radiolab episode "MGSV- Quiet/Ocelot model swap - Rain scene" - Tactical Modding Operations "Heaven's Vault" game - Inkle Studios Re-ravel Dale LaCroix Category IRL Tabletop Nice Games Jam: "Re-ravel: A Backwards Storytelling Game" Nice Games Club episode Re-ravel: A Backwards Storytelling Game "The Yawhg" game - Emily Carrol and Damian Sommer "Microscope" game - Lame Mage Productions Tracery generative tool by Galaxy Kate Video Game Nostalgia 01:01:1 Dylan Skerbitz Category Gaming SimCity Wikipedia page Cap'n Crunch's Crunching Adventure Giant Bomb page Spot: The Video Game (featuring the then 7Up mascot Spot) - Wikipedia Glider (video game originally for classic Apple computers) - Wikipedia SkiFree - Giant Bomb RuneScape - Giant Bomb Commander Keen - Giant Bomb "Aldo's Adventures gameplay (PC Game, 1987)" - Squakenet Jill of the Jungle - Wikipedia Jazz Jackrabbit 2016/12/bananas-from-here-to-eternity-bugs-game-jams-developer-art/ - Giant Bomb "Halo: Reach Launches On PC, Becomes Third Most Played Game On Steam" - EThan Gach , Kotaku Golden Sun - Giant Bomb Red Vs. Blue - Rooster Teeth

Jimmy sits down with Joe Grimm of Grimm Artisanal Ales, Sebastian Sauer of Freigeist, and Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers.  Hear them discuss carbonic maceration, a hat called a bollenhut, and how they use labels to market their beer.Beer List:Grimm's Gathering Quetsch PlumsGrimm's Gathering Red Currants & Peaches Grimm's TraceryJoin Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.Beer Sessions Radio is powered by Simplecast.

Kate Compton (@GalaxyKate) spoke with us about casual creators, Twitter bots done cheap and quick, and the creativity that is within each of us. Kate’s website is galaxykate.com. Her Phd dissertation defense is interesting, see it on youtube.com. She is joining UCSC’s CROSS to do more work on casual creators and open source software. (We talked to Carlos Maltzan, the head of CROSS in 285: A Chicken Getting to the Other Side.) Tracery is an open source story generator using a specific grammar. One example is at Kate’s BrightSpiral.com which creates a whole story every time you refresh. You can use Tracery to make Twitter bots via CheapBotsDoneQuick.com. They are often text (@infinite_scream, @str_voyage, @DUNSONnDRAGGAN) or emoji based (@choochoobot, @infinitedeserts). However, Tracery and CBDQ  can be used to create SVG images (such as @softlandscapes). Elecia’s text bot is @pajamaswithfeet. It tweets (usually) kind things you can (sometimes) say to other people (or yourself).

This week, Justin’s twitter bot waxes poetic and employs some different features of Tracery to make some pleasantly coherent haikus.…

Paige Schnell of Tracery Interiors talks about her journey as a mom and designer, building a successful business in Rosemary Beach, sharing where she gets her best ideas, why travel is such an important part of her lifestyle and how she landed her very first book deal with a phone call. Get 20% off the new 30A Mama 30A Map Illustration with code POD20. Https://30amama.com/products FOLLOW ALONG WITH 30A MAMA  Instagram: http://instagram.com/jamiray 30A Mama Chat Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/136645387155140 Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jamiray

Chris (@stoneymonster) and Elecia (@logicalelegance) answer listener emails. We did a show with Dennis Jackson about transitioning from software to embedded: 211: 4 Weeks, 3 Days Chibios RTOS: MyNewt or Zephyr may be more worth your time. Software tool: Beyond Compare for excellent differencing, including folder level Other people answer STEAM vs STEM (in about the same way we did). C++ standards for safety: NASA, ESA, JSF-AV rules, and Jason Turner’s C++ best practices. Elecia played with Javascript to make a watchface for her Fitbit Versa Chris got a Blackaddr Guitar Teensy Shield which uses the Teensy Audio Library to do amazing guitar effects via code. Elecia’s Twitter bot is @pajamaswithfeet (Tracery code on cheapbotsdonequick.com) Making Embedded Systems book Embedded Patreon

This week's roundtable episode has it all: Confusion, technobabble, randomness... and shoot, a whole lot more besides! We're still looking for feedback from our listeners! Be nice and visit our feedback form. It will only take a minute and it will help make the show better! Getting Out of a Rut 0:02:54 Stephen McGregor Category IRL Tim Schafer on Productivity Steven's motivation week Bots! Bots! Bots! 0:19:44 Mark LaCroix Category Game Design Tech the Tech Tracery Tracery for Unity Kate Compton Mark Gritter on Twitter Play This Clever Adventure Game Entirely On Twitter - Jason Schreier , Kotaku Meetup Bot Makers - Minneapolis Qucik, Draw! Cheap Bots, Done Quick Procedural Generation 0:35:40 Martha Megarry Category Programming Procedural world generation: The simulation, functional and planning approaches - Rune Skovbo Johansen o Spelunk Generator Lessons - Darius Kazemi , Tiny Subversions No Man’s Sky – Procedural Content - gregkwaste , 3DGameDevBlog How Planets are Made in Elite: Dangerous Horizons - Jeff Williams , wccftech Fallout 4: Here's All the Names That Codsworth Can Say - Eddie Makuch